Welcome to another session of Bracket Briefing, our attempt to provide you with essential information on the Big Dance — highlighting the Florida Gulf Coasts and Harvards of the college basketball world, and forecasting the Ali Farokhmanesh and Steph Curry moments before they happen.

If you picked Thursday darling Harvard or Friday Cinderella Florida Gulf Coast, you either A) know little to nothing about college basketball, B) went to school at Harvard (ahem, Jeremy Lin) or Florida Gulf Coast, C) like the colors maroon and blue or D) have some sort of ridiculous bias/off-the-wall psychic ability. No. 15 seeds were 6-108 all-time before this game tipped. Seriously, if you got this pick right, we want to know about it. Tweet us a picture of your bracket here. Apparently, ESPN analyst Dick Vitale's 7-year-old granddaughter picked FGCU and Harvard. It's also worth noting that Georgetown has lost to a double-digit seed for four years in a row. They're upset-prone.

What you missed: Michigan advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 1994.

—Michigan 78, VCU 53. The Wolverines handed VCU coach Shaka Smart the worst loss of his career. VCU's pressure defense forced only 12 turnovers and allowed Michigan to hit on 51.7% of its attempts from the field. This one was never in doubt.

Head on a swivel: VCU wanted to press and run, as the Rams often do. Instead of getting flustered, however, Michigan broke VCU's will with a dominating performance on both ends of the ball. For example, here's Michigan forward Mitch McGarry laying a devastating screen on the Rams' Briante Webber to set up Trey Burke for an open two:

Enfield played college basketball at John Hopkins, where he set an NCAA record for best career free-throw percentage (92.3%) that still stands. He was a bench coach with the Boston Celtics under Rick Pitino, then served as an assistant at Florida State before taking his current job.

The university, which is in Fort Myers, was founded in 1991, held its first classes in 1997 and didn't sponsor a basketball team until 2002-03.

Dunking extraordinaire Eddie Murray, a 6-8 senior who threw down a series of vicious dunks on the Hoyas, was born in 1989 — making him just two years older than the school.

The university played its first year in Division I basketball in 2007-08 and has only been eligible for the NCAA tournament for the last two years.

The Eagles (25-10) became the first team in the field of 68 by snapping Atlantic Sun regular-season champion Mercer's 17-game home winning streak.

FGCU's Alico Arena seats 4,500 and the school colors are emerald, green and cobalt blue.

According to several studies, less than 2% of people picked Florida Gulf Coast to win

History avoided (barely): Through 29 years and 116 tries, a No. 16 seed still hasn't beaten a No. 1 seed. Kansas, which fell to bottom-of-the-barrel TCU earlier this season for what Bill Self publicly called a disgrace, was close to falling to Western Kentucky in a 64-57 win on Friday. Seven-footer Jeff Withey lifted the Jayhawks from the crosshairs Friday night, piling up 17 points, six rebounds and seven blocks in a breathless victory that epitomized this parity-dominated season. The Hilltoppers led into the second half. Only grudgingly did they then give ground, falling behind by as many as 11 points, then clawing back within striking distance of the Big 12 Conference champion. Read the full story here.

Quote to note: "Your world has changed so much in the last five years. You have to blog right now," UCLA coach Ben Howland told USA TODAY Sports' Eric Prisbell in an interview following UCLA's season-ending loss to Minnesota. Howland is undoubtedly on the hot seat.

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The day after two 5 seeds and a 6 seed were knocked out, No. 14 Mercer followed up those performances with a convincing 78-71 victory over No. 3 Duke right in its neck of the woods. Last year, it was Wichita State, La Salle and Florida Gulf Coast with the spine-tingling upset victories. To honor these darlings, USA TODAY Sports highlights the best Cinderellas of all-time.
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Florida Gulf Coast's 78-68 upset over No. 2 Georgetown sent shockwaves throughout the college basketball world a night after Harvard did the unthinkable by knocking off New Mexico.
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Shaka Smart's 2011 VCU Rams shocked the NCAA world in their journey to the Final Four. In a matchup of mid-major schools, Butler got past the Rams to advance to the national title game.
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George Mason's 2006 Final Four team had arguably one of the toughest roads through the tournament. The Patriots defeated No. 6 Michigan State, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 7 Wichita State and No. 1 UConn before losing to eventual champion, No. 3 Florida.
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Loyola Marymount's 1990 Elite Eight team overcame the death of teammate Hank Gathers in the WCC tournament, going on to defeat New Mexico State, defending national champion Michigan and Alabama before losing to UNLV.
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Kansas' 1988 national championship squad was able to avenge three regular-season losses to Duke, Oklahoma and Kansas State in the tournament to win for the second time in school history.
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